Historic City News reporters were notified by Lt. Col. James Evans at Department of Military Affairs HQ in St Augustine, that today marks the first day that same-sex domestic partners of military members may enroll to receive spousal benefits.
St. Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, CFC, is alerting all Historic City News readers to be watching their mailboxes as local property tax bills were sent via email and snail-mail yesterday, October 31st. All payments can be made, effective immediately.
Sheriff Nick Finch spoke to Historic City News yesterday from the steps of the Liberty County Courthouse, where he was joined by his wife, Angela, and 16-year-old daughter, Amber. Finch was acquitted of allegations that he improperly freed a concealed-weapons suspect whom he decided was just exercising his Second Amendment right to bear arms.
The City of St Augustine announced to Historic City News local reporters that the public will be invited to speak at Monday morning’s workshop; the second held in furtherance of Commissioner Roxanne Horvath’s agenda to revisit the current city-wide vision statement and documents compiled in 1995.
Melissa Lundquist, manager of the St Johns County Board of County Commissioners, has invited Historic City News readers who would like to participate on a local government advisory committee or volunteer board to take a more active role in county government by applying for one of a variety of current vacancies.
Historic City News reported when St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, traveled to Jacksonville on October 4, to participate in a Project Integrity roundtable with Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, and other area supervisors of elections, to discuss the coming purge of non-citizens from Florida voter registration rolls.
At least for the coming year, four parade events in St Augustine that would have been subjected to $15,915.50 in new fees, under an unpopular ordinance that went into effect June 1st, have each received waivers allowing them to hold their traditional celebrations without the fee.
Since a new ordinance went into effect June 1st, the few parades, races or processions still held in St Augustine, known as “Right-of-Way events”, are required to fully reimburse the city from a menu of estimated costs; ostensibly incurred for the use of public streets or other city resources.
